Pocola vs Spiro

A side-by-side comparison of Pocola and Spiro: population, income, housing, and more.

Pocola and Spiro are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pocola has the higher population (4,359 vs 2,205 in Spiro). Pocola has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $38,667 in Spiro). Pocola has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $97,500 in Spiro).

Population, income & housing

	Pocola	Spiro
Population	4,359	2,205
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$38,667
Median home value	$134,200	$97,500
Median gross rent	$747	$823
Housing units	1,952	1,002
Homeownership rate	69.2%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocola	Spiro
Population	4,071 → 4,359 (+7.1%)	2,560 → 2,205 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$45,375 → $48,333 (+6.5%)	$33,897 → $38,667 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $134,200 (+38.5%)	$83,600 → $97,500 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $747 (+6.6%)	$686 → $823 (+20.0%)

Pocola

Population

4,0714,359

Median household income

$45,375$48,333

Median home value

$96,900$134,200

Median gross rent

$701$747

Spiro

Population

2,5602,205

Median household income

$33,897$38,667

Median home value

$83,600$97,500

Median gross rent

$686$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocola	Spiro
Under 5	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocola	Spiro
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	71.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	11.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocola	Spiro
No high school diploma	11.2%	18.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocola	Spiro
Drove alone	80.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocola	Spiro
1-unit, detached	77.0%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Pocola	Spiro
Poverty rate	16.4%	22.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1983	1980